The World Record SkyCycle

Wahoo! again, the newly modified SkyCycle rode like a dream! This is actually the first time I rode the bike since I cut the frame - I thought it would be more fun to wait until the day of the record attempt before I actually rode the bike. Now this thing is tall! Riding this bike took some nerve, as it is now exactly twice the height of the first version, SkyCycle one. I rode the bike around for 20 minutes as four reporter took video and photos for the television news and newspaper - something that is necessary for documenting a world record attempt.

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It's lunatics like this that give me some encouragement in the belief that not everyone in this world is crazy. This guy certainly has his priorities in the high....er, right order. I found this link at a site that j p sent me...

Information Junk

Information Junk has lots of bicycle links and some other junk. Where else would I learn that Vinokourov and Beloki are out of this year's Tour de France? That's big news for Lance Armstrong as he goes for an unprecedented 6th Tour win. Yes, the Tour de France is coming up. I'd better start paying attention.

The above links are at the BBC's excellent Cycling section where we learn that Jan Ullrich has taken the Tour de Switzerland. A fit Ullrich is not good news for Lance. A fit Ullrich is, however, good news for the Tour. Race on!